the president in his nations address mentioned that there will be lockdown if the covid -19 cases go high write a letter to the president expression your opinions
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Democracy as being practiced now is under strain everywhere. It has become divisive, inefficient, indifferent, unable to manage crisis situations and it encourages mobocracy. Recently Biden, the US President, to get his rescue plan based on spending on infrastructure and social services, which was stuck in Congress due to slug-festing between the Republicans and Democrats, had to urge them with the statement, “We have to prove that Democracy Works”.
This clearly shows that even the world’s most powerful democratic country is doubting the efficacy of Democracy.
The first Global Parliamentary Report (GPR), which examined the “Changing Nature of Parliamentary Representation” argued that parliaments have come under pressure partly due to various incidences of misconduct and partly due to their failure in their key role of holding government accountable and that they must address the current low level of trust in them. It also said – “It is clear that casting a ballot every few years is no longer enough for an electorate. It wants more democratic engagement between it and the political institution it elects,”
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